Ernest Guiraud: The Fantastic Hunt (1887)

Ernest Guiraud The Fantastic Hunt (Chasse fantastique), a symphonic poem (1887) Louisville Orchestra conducted by Jorge Mester Ernest Guiraud (French: giʁo; 26 June 1837 6 May 1892) was a French composer and music teacher born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is best known for writing the traditional orchestral recitatives used for Bizet s opera Carmen and for Offenbach s opera Les contes d Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann). Guiraud began his schooling in Louisiana under the tutelage of his father, Jean